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Tennessee man's last words in electric chair


Death row inmate Nicholas Sutton executed by electric chair for ...

Sutton's last words were reportedly deliberate and powerful, saying Jesus can make things better and fix wrongs. He thanked his wife for being a ...

Tennessee revives “Old Smokey,” the electric chair, for an execution

This rendered him unconscious but failed to stop his heart and breathing. After the attending physicians confirmed that Kemmler was still alive, ...

Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate - KTUL

A convicted murderer was put to death in Tennessee's electric chair ... Bill Lee to commute the sentence, saying Sutton had rehabilitated ...

Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate | WFXRtv

Asked if he had any last words, Sutton looked directly into the witness room and spoke clearly. “I would like to thank my wife for being such a ...

Murderer is executed in the electric chair in Tennessee - Daily Mail

Asked if he had any last words just moments before the execution, Zagorski said: 'Let's rock'. Witnesses to his execution said Zagorski, who had ...

Tennessee - Death Penalty Information Center

2014 - Governor Bill Haslam signs into law a forced electrocution bill that allows the state to use the electric chair in executions if lethal injection drugs ...

Tennessee executes another inmate by electric chair after supreme ...

A convicted killer who spent more than 36 years on death row in Tennessee was executed by electric chair on Thursday, the second time in five weeks that the ...

Tennessee conducts 1st electric chair execution since 2007

Authorities said 63-year-old inmate Edmund Zagorski was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. Thursday at a Nashville maximum-security prison. Asked if he had any last ...

Tennessee executed Edmund Zagorski by electric chair last night

At the time of his sentencing, Tennessee didn't have the option of a sentence of life without parole, and in the years since his conviction six ...

Tennessee conducts first execution by electric chair since 2007 | State

NASHVILLE — A Tennessee inmate's final words were “Let's rock” moments before he became the first man executed in the electric chair in that ...

Death row prisoner in Tennessee picks electric chair over lethal ...

Sutton was given the chance to offer his last words, and he directed them to the witness room. He said: "I would like to thank my wife for being ...

Killer David Earl Miller uses last words to say 'beats death row ...

A TENNESSEE inmate muttered the electric chair “beats being on death row” as he became the second person to choose electrocution over ...

Inmate, smiles, says 'Let's rock' before dying in electric chair - KDVR

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee inmate grimaced and waved goodbye before saying “let's rock,” moments before he became the first man executed ...

Tennessee Uses Electric Chair to Execute Double Murderer ... - KTLA

Reporters in the viewing area said his last words were, “In the beginning God created man.” He then began to weep. And then said, “Jesus ...

Second Tennessee prisoner on death row chooses electric chair for ...

Following a similar decision by one Tennessee inmate earlier this month, lawyers for death row inmate David Earl Miller said Monday he too ...

Tennessee executes a double murderer by electric chair

In the viewing area reporters said his last words were, “In the beginning God created man.” He then began to weep. And then said, “Jesus ...

Tennessee execution: Stephen West executed by electric chair

Lori Tucker with WATE in Knoxville described West's last words. "He said 'In the beginning God created man.' and then he started sobbing, at ...

US man put to death in Tennessee electric chair

Chicago, United States | AFP | A Tennessee man convicted of a double murder was put to death Thursday in the electric chair, after insisting ...

Tennessee executes child killer in electric chair - Reuters

Holton, who said in newspaper interviews he supported the death penalty, dropped earlier appeals and refused to fight his sentence, opting for ...

Death Row Inmate Dies In Electric Chair With Final Words 'Let's Rock'

NASHVILLE — A Tennessee man who murdered two people in 1984 was executed Thursday, becoming the first inmate in the United States in five ...